Dems Cash In

The folks for MajorityAp.com are offering an interesting teaser. It’s one of my favorite sites and you should make it one of yours if you want to find out what’s going on in Washington.

And Some Gave All…

From Right Mind:

Les Newbill, a U.S. Army veteran and Moscow Police Department Officer died on Sunday, May 20, 2007, after being shot responding to the shooting in the Latah County Courthouse / Presbyterian Church area in Moscow.

Latah County Republicans will be “passing the hat” to collect funds for Mrs. Becky Newbill at our regular meeting on Tuesday, May 22 and also at our Memorial Day Picnic on Monday, May 28, 2007 .

Hurray to the Latah County Republicans. Prayers go up for his family as well as that of the other man who died, and of course the family of the shooter.

Next Saturday’s episode of the Old Time Dragnet Show will be dedicated to Officer Newbill.

Inside Planned Parenthood

Cross-posted from Michelle Malkin

Of Children and Choices

Jill Stanek has news of Planned Parenthood selling a onesie jumper with “Mommy’s Little Choice” on it. This is interesting from Planned Parenthood as they attacked the movie The Ultimate Gift for an anti-abortion message but all the mother said was that her child was the best choice she ever made.

One mesage from a pro-choice perspective, one from a pro-choice perspective what’s the difference? Perhaps, it’s the message behind the message. In the Ultimate Gift, the mother was praising the wonder of her child. In the case of the Planned Parenthood onesie, what is being proclaimed is the mother’s power and the mother’s choice and remembering that the reason their children are here is because they chose not to use their power to destroy them.

Screwtape: Looking for Someone to Loathe

The following comes from the “Screwtape Reports” feature on “The Truth and Hope Report” Podcast (http://www.truthandhope.2truth.com) Democratic Strategist Dave Screwtape does his first podcast

Hello, this is Dave Screwtape welcoming you to the new Screwtape Reports podcast. I’ve gathered from several sources that this is a way to make large amounts of money, and having blown my earnings from the 2006 cycle on what a Christianists would call “riotous living,” I could use the extra cash.

As the end of the BushCo Administration draws near, we as Democrats face a difficult choice. I’m not referring to the choice for our party’s nomination, but rather for the position of Universal Loathed individual (ULI). Reading Congressman Blumenauer’s letter stating that he would not run for Senate due in part to the amount of campaigning that Karl Rove would require of him reminded me, that soon, to paraphrase Richard Nixon, we won’t have Karl Rove to kick around anymore.

Nor will we have Bush or Cheney after January, 2009. While we may loathe and despise them just as much, they’ll no longer be motivating factors, and that is when things get dangerous.

In the past we’ve been able to channel our hatred for ULIs into electoral success. If we hadn’t hated Richard Nixon so much, how would we have achieved such great victory in 1974? Let’s be clear that we can make mistakes with ULIs. Rush Limbaugh failed to do his duty in motivating Democrats during his tenure (1993-95) and we wisely replaced him with Newt Gingrich (1995-99). Our failure to fill this office from 1999-2000 led to our so-called “defeat”.

A good ULI will have several characteristics:

1) Political Power-This was our mistake with Limbaugh. He has a large listening audience, but unfortunately without political power, we are unable to make the American people afraid of him.

2) Human Flaws: This is helpful. We’ve for a long time worked to undermine Bush’s credibility by pointing out his penchant for making verbal gaffes. The American people bought into it and his credibility has declined on other issues as well. We should note this is not the same as making fun of someone because of a physical disability to be cruel. This making fun of someone’s disability in order to score political points, which is entirely different.
3) Courage: A good ULI will have some convictions they will fight for. When they fight you, you paint them as the bad guy in the media. Lacking this ability to fight creates huge problems. I was around during the first Bush Administration when we were trying to make George Bush I the ULI. A man who gives so easily under pressure does not need to be loathed by us, his own party will do it for us.

Now, if Republicans win (the higher power of your choice forbid), we should have easy work. We can attack Giuliani as an arrogant violator of Civil Liberties, McCain as a maniac, and Romney as taking orders from the head of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. Please note this is not like the fear of JFK taking orders from the Vatican.

Obviously should another candidate win, we’ll find another method of attack. However, as the media is the true god of the political process (just ask all the Christians who are looking to them to find out which candidates to vote for) I find that improbable.

If, on the other hand, we win the White House, we have a severe problem. There is simply a lack of loathworthy characters n the Republican leadership. John Boehner is the 21st Century’s Bob Michel, an amiable man who will set records for the number of years served as minority leader. In the Senate, there’s a little more hope. Mitch McConnell is someone I could come to loathe, but polls in Kentucky show his seat in jeopardy. Should he be defeated, we’ll likely see Trent Lott as Minority Leader. While Lott makes loathsome statements, his poor strategy makes him far more laughable than loathable.

Thus we could be in a difficult spot. When we have no one to loathe, we actually have to focus on governing. When that happens, often some little known figure we didn’t think to loathe can rise up and become our worst nightmare. Regardless of what happens in November, 2008, we must figure out who will be the next GOP leader and unite in our loathing of them before it’s too late.

The Screwtape Report is written by Adam Graham. The Screwtape Report is written from a Democratic perspective by a conservative in order to reveal Democratic strategy and thinking.

Al Gore Grows Up

Al Gore has reached the monumental conclusion that he doesn’t need politics and doesn’t need the presidency to feel like a man. I don’t agree with his views, but I can respect him for his complete recovery from being a politician and his growth to emotional maturity at age 59.

I talk about this and much more on the Truth and Hope Report Weekend Review. Among the topics covered:

-Political Conversion at Gun Point
-Government goes after Church Helping Homeless
-Politicians Out of Touch on Immigration
-New York Loves Abortion -You Know Obama By the Company He Keeps
-Hypocrisy on Fundraising and Making Money
-Is the Bible Pornographic?
-The Jerry Falwell We Didn’t Know

Also Dave Screwtape makes his radio debut with a report on the Democrats search for a loath-worthy Republican leader. Check all that out and more below:

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